“Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:”
Hebrews 10:35-36 (NKJV)
“I have confidence in your strength; you are my refuge, O God.”
Psalm 59:9 (GNT)
I may have an established doctrine and even believe all the right stuff, but if I lack confidence in what (and WHO) I believe, then I cannot receive what God has promised. Crisis reveals many things of which I am evaluating in my own life. Surprisingly, the foundation of confidence is being tested through this pandemic as well. Confidence is basically understood as the state of certainty. Perhaps it is better understood colloquially as “being sure of something”. All of us have a confidence that is exercised in our life. The question is never, “Do I have confidence in anything?”, but rather, “What is it that I have confidence in?”